Brighter
Country
Kenya
Location
Kakuma Refugee Camp & Kalobeyei Settlement
Organizations
RECAN (Refugee Changemakers Network) • Generation Aid / Senga Gallery • T-SHA Films
Focus
Home beautification, Psychosocial well-being, Artistic training
About
The Brighter Project is a community-led initiative in Kakuma and Kalobeyei that reimagines refugee settlements as places of dignity, creativity, and belonging.
Led by Generation Aid and supported by the Refugee Change-makers Network, the project brings together artists, leaders, and residents to explore what it means to create home in displacement. Through training, materials, and collaboration, it empowers communities to transform shelters into spaces of identity, care, and hope.
Initiated and funded by Home Ground Lab
“Our goal is simple: build, design, beautify, and make it a home. Because when a space reflects dignity and care, it restores hope, identity, and the belief that life can grow again.”
What this partnership will explore
How community-led design shifts perceptions of “temporary” spaces into places of belonging
How beautification supports psychosocial healing and restores dignity
How artists and residents can lead sustainable transformation of their environments
How shared creative processes strengthen community identity and ownership